1945
Apr
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Article in Friden's Corporate Newsletter announcing the passing of founder, Carl Friden
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1948
1955
Nov
|
Announcement of Librascope LGP-30 Computer (Design by Stanley Frankel)
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1956
Mar
|
Announcement of Agreement for Friden to Purchase Commercial Controls Corp.
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1958
Apr
|
Announcement of agreement for Smith Corona and Marchant merger
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1961
Mar
|
Clary announces the
DAC-2500 Digital Arithmetic Center |
Apr
|
First known Announcement of Electrosolids' development of Transistorized Desktop Electronic Calculator
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Jul
|
Later Article discussing Electrosolids' development of Transistorized Desktop Electronic Calculator
|
Sep
|
A short article
announcing the acquisition of Ransom Research Inc. and Ransom Systems by
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. [1-Sep]
|
Dec
|
Announcement of agreement between Smith-Corona Marchant and Diehl Calculator Co. for SCM to market Diehl-made calculators in North America
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1963
Jun
|
Introduction of the Friden 6010
Computyper small computer system
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Aug
|
Announcement of agreement for acquisition of Friden, Inc. by Singer Co.
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1964
Mar
|
Article announcing the
Mathatronics 4-24.
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Jul
|
Announcement article for the
Friden EC-130.
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Jul
|
A short article announcing
that Wyle Laboratories received a large contract from NASA including
purchase of Wyle Labs Scientific calculator(s).
|
Aug
|
A short article
publicly announcing General Micro-electronics' development
of a MOS 20-bit Shift Register chip, the first commercial MOS LSI device
|
Dec
|
Monroe division of Litton Industries
Announcement of their
Monroe EPIC-2000 programmable
printing electronic calculator
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1965
1966
Jan
|
Early article concerning the impending sale of General Micro-electronics
to Philco Corp.
|
Feb
|
Initial introduction article
announcing the beginnings of the Wang 300-Series calculators (300/310 Models)
|
Mar
|
Announcing the sale of General Micro-electronics
to Philco Corp.
|
Apr
|
Announcement of Mathatronics
APS add-on for Mathatron 8-48 calculator
|
May
|
Introducing the
Data Acquisition Corp. DAC-512 Programmable Electronic Calculator
|
Jun
|
Article
announcing Wyle Laboratories purchase of its own common stock to settle litigation
over acquisition of Liberty Electronics filed in 1962
|
Aug
|
News Release concerning
a program in Los Angeles school system using
Wyle Labs WS-02 Scientific
Electronic Calculators
|
Dec
|
Article
hinting that Hewlett Packard may be working on an electronic calculator |
Dec
|
Mathatronics announces the
Mathatron Mod II calculator
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1967
Jan
|
Article stating that Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) is working on development of electronic calculators using ICs
|
Mar
|
Grossly premature announcement article for the Wang 300-Series Simultaneous Electronics (SE) System
|
May
|
Brief pre-announcement article for the USAC 10B
small-scale IC-based electronic calculator distributed by Uchida Yoko
|
May
|
A pre-announcement article concerning Sony's initial entry into the
calculator market, the Sony ICC-500W
|
Jul
|
Autonetics division of North American Aviation announces it will enter the custom MOS and SOS
Large Scale Integration market
|
Aug
|
Announcing the
SCM Cogito 566PR calculator
|
Aug
|
Wang Laboratories'
Initial Public Offering Announcement on New York Stock Exchange [24-Aug]
|
Sep
|
Article introducing the
Canon 167 calculator
|
Nov
|
Article announcing Casio's new
magnetic core-based
AL-1000 programmable calculator
|
Dec
|
An article announcing
Autonetics' first commercial Large Scale Integration (LSI) integrated circuits
|
1968
Jan
|
Announcement of agreement
between Nippon Calculating Machine Co. (NCM) and Wyle Laboratories for Wyle to design
calculators for NCM
|
Mar
|
Initial News release announcing
the revolutionary HP 9100A programmable electronic calculator [11-Mar]
|
Mar
|
An early A week later News Release in a
periodical announcing the HP 9100A calculator [18-Mar]
|
Mar
|
Later Article announcing
the HP 9100A calculator
|
Apr
|
Article announcing OEM agreement
between Sharp and Burroughs for Sharp to make calculators for Burroughs
|
Apr
|
Announcement of
Canon 130S electronic calculator.
|
May
|
A slightly later news release announcing agreement between Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) and Burroughs for Sharp
to manufacture electronic calculators for Burroughs
|
May
|
A Product Introduction Article announcing the HP 9100A Programmable
Scientific calculator a few months after the formal intro of the calculator
|
May
|
Article announcing
Friden 1151 Programmable Printing Calculator
|
May
|
Introduction article for the
Wang 380 Programmer
|
May
|
A somewhat later Article announcing agreement
between Sharp and Burroughs for Sharp to make calculators for Burroughs
|
Jun
|
An article citing Philco-Ford's
end of production of the history-making
Victor 3900
|
Jul
|
A news-brief confirming the rumors relating to Philco-Ford
canceling its contract with Victor Comptometer to put an end to the
historical Victor 3900 MOS IC calculator.
|
Jul
|
Article announcing availability of KM-220 computer based on Wang 360E calculating element
|
Jul
|
Article announcing the
Canon 161S and Canon 163
calculators
|
Aug
|
Article announcing agreement
between Nippon Calculating Machine Co. (NCM), and National Cash Register (NCR) for NCM to make calculators for NCR
|
Nov
|
An article
announcing that Hayakawa Electric Co. (Sharp) has built an experimental
LSI-based electronic calculator
|
Nov
|
Announcement of a new agreement
between Computer Design Corporation (spin-off from Wyle Laboratories)
and Nippon Calculating Machine Co. for development of
a MOS/LSI-based electronic calculator
|
Dec
|
The Autonetics division of North American Rockwell announces it will
show a mock-up of an all MOS/LSI-based general purpose computer
|
1969
Feb
|
Article Announcing the Friden 1113 electronic calculator
|
Feb
|
Brief article introducing
Friden's new Friden 1150
printing electronic calculator.
|
Feb
|
News-brief concerning Nippon
Electric Company's (NEC) development of a novel single-chip Nixie tube
decoder/driver IC, combining MOS(logic) and bipolar(driver) transistors
on the same chip
|
Feb
|
Article Announcing
the
Wang 700
Advanced programmable electronic calculator
|
Mar
|
A detailed article
on the pre-production
Hayakawa Electric Sharp QT-8D
electronic calculator
|
Apr
|
Autonetics announces formation of Microelectronics
Products Division
|
Apr
|
Announcing the SCM Cogito 414 electronic calculator
|
May
|
Article announcing the
groundbreaking Sharp QT-8D
|
Jun
|
A brief article
announcing that West Germany's Olympia has established an OEM agreement
with Matsushita in Japan to develop and build a calculator for Olympia
to sell under its brand.
|
Jul
|
Dictaphone
announces
its line of Sanyo-made electronic calculators
|
Aug
|
Announcement of the Monroe 820 electronic calculator
|
Sep
|
News brief outlining Sanyo's request to MITI to import LSI IC's from US-based General Instrument
|
1970
Jan
|
New Product Brief for the
Sony ICC-2500 Programmable Electronic Calculator (formally announced in
Oct, 1969).
|
Jul
|
News Brief announcing
US Government Services Administration (GSA) order of up to $4.5M of Wang Labs
electronic calculators
|
Jul
|
A news release introducing the
Wang 100-Series electronic
calculators
|
Aug
|
Introduction of Electronic Arrays' 3300 PMOS 512x8 Mask-Programmed ROM
|
Nov
|
Announcement of Electronic Arrays' S-100 LSI 6-Chip Calculator Chip set
|
1971
Jan
|
Announcement of Busicom's development of calculator using Mostek's history-making single-chip LSI.
|
Feb
|
Short news brief announcing that Electronic Arrays is forming a subsidiary called International
|
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Calculating Machine, Inc. to manufacture and sell calculators using EA's calculator chip sets to OEM customers
|
Feb
|
A new product announcement article for the
Cintra 911 Statistician calculator.
|
Apr
|
A brief newspaper article
announcing the delivery of the first Wang Laboratories 3300 Timeshared BASIC
minicomputer.
|
May
|
Letter
written by Tektronix President, Howard Vollum about
the passing of his business partner, Jack Murdock. [16-May]
|
Jul
|
Article announcing the completion of the acquisition of Cintra, Inc. from Physics International by Tektronix, Inc.
|
Aug
|
Later article announcing the completion of the acquisition of Cintra, Inc. from Physics International by Tektronix, Inc.
|
Aug
|
Tektronix News Release announcing price decrease and improved memory capability in Tektronix 909 and 911 calculators.
|
Sep
|
Listing detailing Nortec Electronics' deal to produce calculator chip set for Omron
|
Sep
|
Article announcing the acquisition of Unicom Systems, Inc., by American Micro-Systems, Inc. (AMI)
|
Oct
|
Short article indicating that Electronic Arrays has sold its International Calculating |
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Machines subsidiary (ICM) to Lago Calc, Inc. |
Nov
|
Article announcing Texas Instruments' September introduction of its TMS1802 "calculator on a chip" IC.
|
Nov
|
News-byte announcing
an article in Popular Electronics magazine introducing the MITS 816
calculator kit
|
1972
Jan
|
A later article announcing Texas Instruments' TMS1802 "calculator on a chip" Large Scale Integration(LSI) IC.
|
May
|
Introduction of the
Cal-Tex CT5005 single chip calculator IC
|
Jun
|
Introduction of two new
four-chip calculator chip sets by Electronic Arrays
|
Aug
|
Short article announcing
Casio's market-shaking Casio Mini
handheld battery-powered electronic calculator
|
Sep
|
Announcement of North American Rockwell's acquisition of Unicom from American Micro-Systems, Inc (AMI) [18-Sep]
|
Sep
|
Announcement of Joint Venture between Singer and Hitachi for business machine marketing/manufacture
|
Oct
|
Article announcing the Busicom 162DE electronic desk calculator
|
1973
Apr
|
Introducing Electronic Arrays' new
two-chip calculator chip-set, S-129
|
Jun
|
Article announcing Sony's intention to end of production of electronic calculators
|
Aug
|
Introduction of the
Tektronix Model 21
and Model 31 programmable
electronic calculators [2-Aug]
|
Nov
|
Announcing Rockwell International's acquisition of Lamson Industries, Ltd. (UK) Calculating/Computing-Related Businesses
|
Dec
|
Introducing the Hewlett Packard 9821A calculator
|
1974
Aug
|
Announcing the Monroe (Calculating Machines) Division of Litton Industries exclusivity agreement with Compucorp
|
1975
Feb
|
Very short published note indicating Rockwell's shutdown of its
Unicom Systems, Inc. calculator subsidiary [1-Feb]
|
Feb
|
Somewhat late news-byte
noting the voluntary filing of bankruptcy by Bowmar Instruments [10-Feb]
|
Aug
|
Brief announcement of the liquidation of Hugle International [30-Aug]
|
1976
Jan
|
Texas Instruments
introduces
the SR-60
programmable desktop calculator
|
Oct
|
Texas Instruments announces
the updated version of its SR-60 programmable calculator, the
SR-60A.
|
1981
Apr
|
Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. (NEC), Tokyo, Japan, consolidates US subsidiaries (Electronic Arrays, NEC Microcomputers, and NEC Electron),
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with each subsidiary becoming a division under newly-created NEC Electronics USA, Inc.
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1983